Satellite Data Nft Transfer Leveraging Blockchain and Smart Contract Capabilities

1. A method for establishing an alternative transaction gateway when a default transaction network is down, the alternative transaction gateway leveraging a network of low-orbit satellites, the method comprising: creating, using a first internet of things (“IoT”) device, a non-fungible token (“NFT”) associated with a transaction executed at the first IoT device, the NFT comprising: a geo-location of the first IoT device; an ownership of the first IoT device; and transaction data; storing, using the first IoT device, the NFT at the first IoT device pending proximity to a satellite antenna; receiving, using a second IoT device hosting the satellite antenna, the NFT from the first IoT device; transmitting, using the second IoT device, the NFT to a first low-orbit satellite when the first low-orbit satellite is within a first pre-determined proximity to the second IoT device, the first low-orbit satellite from the network of low-orbit satellites; receiving the NFT, using the first low-orbit satellite when within the first pre-determined proximity to the second IoT device, from the second IoT device; running a smart contract, using the first low-orbit satellite, the smart contract stored at the first low-orbit satellite, to identify a pathway for transporting the NFT, the pathway comprising one or more additional low-orbit satellites from the network of low-orbit satellites operating as carriers for the NFT to a centralized server; adding to the NFT, using the first low-orbit satellite, first low-orbit satellite data; storing, using the first low-orbit satellite, a copy of the NFT in a first satellite blockchain distributed ledger; transmitting, using the first low-orbit satellite, the NFT to a second low-orbit satellite identified when running the smart contract; receiving, using the second low-orbit satellite from the network of low-orbit satellites, the NFT from the first low-orbit satellite; adding to the NFT, second low-orbit satellite data; storing, using the second low-orbit satellite, a copy of the NFT in a second satellite blockchain distributed ledger; when within a second pre-determined proximity to the centralized server, transmitting, using the second low-orbit satellite, the NFT to a centralized server; receiving, via the centralized server, the NFT; processing, via the centralized server, the transaction data; and transferring, via the centralized server, the NFT to an earth-based blockchain distributed ledger.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, following a lapse of a pre- determined amount of time: deleting, via the first low-orbit satellite, the NFT from the first satellite blockchain distributed ledger; and deleting, via the second low-orbit satellite, the NFT from the second satellite blockchain distributed ledger.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, following the transmitting of the NFT from the first low-orbit satellite to the second low-orbit satellite, deleting the NFT from the first satellite blockchain distributed ledger, via the first low-orbit satellite.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising, following the transmitting of the NFT from the second low-orbit satellite to the centralized server, deleting the NFT from the second satellite blockchain distributed ledger, via the second low-orbit satellite.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein each entry into the first satellite blockchain distributed ledger and the second satellite blockchain distributed ledger are broadcast as blocks in the earth-based blockchain distributed ledger.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first IoT device and second IoT device is one of a point-of-sale (“PoS”) device, automated teller machine (“ATM”) and smartphone.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first low-orbit satellite and the second low-orbit satellite are pre-registered with an entity network associated with the centralized server.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising, reserving, via the smart contract at the first low-orbit satellite, the one or more additional low-orbit satellites identified for the pathway for transporting the NFT.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising optimizing the pathway, via the smart contract at the first low-orbit satellite, based on a transaction type associated with the transaction data.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the transaction type is one of a low-value transaction, high-value transaction, a time-sensitive transaction, claims settlement transaction and a refund transaction.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising, when the transaction type is time-sensitive, the method comprises selecting, via the smart contract, a one or more additional low-orbit satellites from within the network of low-orbit satellites that enables a quickest transmission of the NFT to the centralized server.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the NFT is a first NFT and the method further comprises: receiving, using the second IoT device, a second NFT and a third NFT; creating, using the second IoT device, a cluster of NFTs, the cluster of NFTs comprising the first NFT, the second NFT and the third NFT; and when the first low-orbit satellite is within the first pre-determined proximity to the second IoT device, transmitting the cluster of NFTs to the first low-orbit satellite using the second IoT device.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein, when the first low-orbit satellite is within the first pre-determined proximity to the second IoT device, the method further comprises: receiving, via the first low-orbit satellite, the cluster of NFT's from the second IoT device; and identifying the pathway, via the smart contract, for each of the first NFT, the second NFT and the third NFT.

14. A method for establishing an alternative transaction gateway when a default transaction network is down, the alternative transaction gateway leveraging a network of low-orbit satellites, each low-orbit satellite within the network operating as an authentic node, each authentic node maintaining a space-based blockchain distributed ledger, the method comprising: creating, via a first internet of things (“IoT”) device, a non-fungible token (“NFT”) comprising transaction data associated with a transaction executed at the first IoT device, the NFT comprising: a geo-location of the first IoT device; an ownership of the first IoT device; and transaction data; storing, via the first IoT device, the NFT at the first IoT device pending proximity to a satellite antenna; receiving, via a second IoT device hosting the satellite antenna, the NFT from the first IoT device; transmitting the NFT, via the second IoT device, to a first low-orbit satellite when the first low-orbit satellite is within a first pre-determined proximity to the second IoT device, the first low-orbit satellite from the network of low-orbit satellites; when the first low-orbit satellite is within the first pre-determined proximity to the second IoT device, receiving, via the second IoT device, the NFT from the second IoT device; running, via the first low-orbit satellite, a smart contract stored at the first low-orbit satellite to identify a pathway for transporting the NFT, the pathway comprising one or more additional low-orbit satellites from the network of low-orbit satellites operating as carriers for the NFT to a centralized server; adding to the NFT, via the first low-orbit satellite, first low-orbit satellite data; storing, via the first low-orbit satellite, a copy of the NFT at the first low-orbit satellite; transmitting the NFT, via the first low-orbit satellite, to a second low-orbit satellite; receiving the NFT from the first low-orbit satellite, using a second low-orbit satellite, the second low-orbit satellite from the network of low-orbit satellites; adding to the NFT, using the second low-orbit satellite, second low-orbit satellite data; storing a copy of the NFT at the second low-orbit satellite, using the second low-orbit satellite; prior to transmitting the NFT to the centralized server: adding to the space-based blockchain distributed ledger, using the second low-orbit satellite, a block comprising the NFT; and broadcasting the block, using the second low-orbit satellite, to the first low-orbit satellite; when within a second pre-determined proximity to the centralized server, transmitting the NFT to the centralized server via the second low-orbit satellite; receiving the NFT, via the centralized server, the centralized server comprising a satellite antenna; processing the transaction data via the centralized server; and updating an earth-based blockchain, via the centralized server, with a block comprising the NFT.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein each authentic node is authenticated by an entity network associated with the centralized server prior to being added to the network of low-orbit satellites.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the smart contract comprises rules defined between an entity network, the IoT device and the network of low-orbit satellites.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the space-based blockchain distributed ledger is synchronized with an earth-based blockchain distributed ledger.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein following the receiving of the NFT at the second low-orbit satellite, the method comprises deleting the NFT from the first low-orbit satellite.

19. A system for establishing an alternative transaction gateway when a default transaction network is down, the alternative transaction gateway leveraging a network of low-orbit satellites, the system comprising: an internet of things (“IoT”) device configured to: create a non-fungible token (“NFT”) associated with a transaction executed at the IoT device, the NFT comprising: a geo-location of the IoT device; an ownership of the IoT device; and transaction data; and store the NFT at the IoT device pending proximity to a first low-orbit satellite; and when the first low-orbit satellite is within a first pre-determined proximity to the IoT device, transmit the NFT to the first low-orbit satellite, the first low-orbit satellite from the network of low-orbit satellites; the first low-orbit satellite, when within the first pre-determined proximity to the IoT device, configured to: receive the NFT from the IoT device; run a smart contract stored at the first low-orbit satellite to identify a pathway for transporting the NFT, the pathway comprising one or more additional low-orbit satellites from the network of low-orbit satellites operating as carriers for the NFT to a centralized server; add to the NFT, first low-orbit satellite data; store a copy of the NFT in a first satellite blockchain distributed ledger; and transmit the NFT to a second low-orbit satellite; a second low-orbit satellite from the network of low-orbit satellites configured to: receive the NFT from the first low-orbit satellite; add to the NFT, second low-orbit satellite data; store a copy of the NFT in a second satellite blockchain distributed ledger; and when within a second pre-determined proximity to the centralized server, transmit the NFT to the centralized server; the centralized server, comprising a satellite antenna, configured to: receive the NFT from the second low-orbit satellite; process the transaction data; and transfer the NFT to an earth-based blockchain distributed ledger; the first low-orbit satellite configured to, following a lapse of a pre-determined amount of time, delete the NFT from the first satellite blockchain distributed ledger; and the second low-orbit satellite configured to, following the lapse of the pre-determined amount of time, delete the NFT from the second satellite blockchain distributed ledger.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the IoT device is one of a point-of-sale (“PoS”) device, automated teller machine (“ATM”) and smartphone.